September 19, 2007: Talk like a pirate day. Do ye want ta walk the plank? Or do ye want ta be denied the pirate booty? Ye shall talk like a pirate all day long, argggh!

You know you’re getting older when you see teenagers wearing what you used to wear in high school 15 years ago, and when frickin MATTE MAKEUP comes back in style again. I can’t wait…I may just dig up my plaid shirt and listen to some Pearl Jam today.

How do you feel about mattes? Love? Hate? Discuss. (Extra points if you can do it pirate style.)

Did you have a MAC matte lipstick of choice back in the day? I can’t even count how many tubes of Paramount I went through between 1993-1997. Lipgloss/glitter/any form of sparkle was like a foreign country.

And I hope that the new Semi-matte formula delivers; I can’t stand to have dried out lips, bah!

I have a basic idea, no 100% list. Speaking of which, I need to call the PRO store to see if they have some stuff in stock (so I can plan for how broke the trip is going to make me!) yet.

Did you ever pick up a few paint pots or will these be the new ones?

I love cremestick liners! My faves. So much softer than a pencil (same reason why I adore technakohls – plus, NO sharpening!).

BTW, liquidlasts are great if you want something totally permanent, and they come in all sorts of cool colors. Those things do not BUDGE. Fluidline can smear and smudge, but liquidlast will go through a war before it fades. The brush that comes with them is awful, too cumbersome and generally difficult for lining purposes. I remember Louise used the 266 when she applied it to the model’s lids at SF.

Christine, nope, I never picked up those paint pots, which is why I am still lusting after them. GOOD THING I refrained from buying them on the nordstrom site that night.

I went to the MAC counter to day to buy some brush cleaner and I did a thorough inspection of the cremestick liners on hand. I want Beurre and Amber Ember right now. AND WHERE HAVE TECHNAKOHLS been all my life! This is a new phase in my eyelining pursuits, ha ha ha!

I love Pink Treat. It’s my everything liner. I also have Cranapple and Summerfruit – nice ones, just use them less often. I’m lucky as color never bleeds on me so lip liner is a bonus not a necessity. Pink Treat has lasted me QUITE awhile, though, which is great.

I love the technakohls, even if I only have Graphblack. I just… love me some black liner.